In charlotte-ngs/lbgfs2021: Livestock Breeding and Genomics (ETHZ) - Fall Semester 2021

knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = FALSE)
# rmdhelp::show_knit_hook_call()
knitr::knit_hooks$set(hook_convert_odg = rmdhelp::hook_convert_odg)

Resources

• https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/lesson-1.html
• https://youtu.be/tKUufzpoHDE
• https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown/

What is it

• Mix of ordinary text and R-statements
• Can be translated into different output formats
  • html (websites including interactive elements)
  • pdf
  • word / powerpoint

Introduction¨

• Installation (already available on exercise platform)
• At R-Console run the following command

install.packages("rmarkdown")

How does it work

RMarkdown files ...

• are text-files with the extension .Rmd
• can be generated easily in RStudio: File > New File > RMarkdown ...
• have the following structure

Structure of Rmd File

#rmdhelp::use_odg_graphic(ps_path = "odg/rmarkdown-screenshot.odg")
knitr::include_graphics(path = "odg/rmarkdown-screenshot.png")

Produce Output

#rmdhelp::use_odg_graphic(ps_path = "odg/render-output.odg")
knitr::include_graphics(path = "odg/render-output.png")

## Notebook

• RMarkdown document with direct evaluation of R-code chunks
• Result is .nb.html file
• R-code can be re-generated from .nb.html file

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